Carlos Santana Marries His Drummer

Guitar legend Carlos Santana is a married man again after exchanging vows with his drummer, Cindy Blackman, in a star-studded Hawaiian ceremony.

Santana, 63, wed drummer Blackman on December 19 in front of 180 guests, including comedian George Lopez and musician pals Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, who performed at the nuptials at the Ritz-Carlton in Maui.

The couple released doves "to release our purity and love into the cosmos."

Santana proposed to Blackman, 51, during a concert back in July and now the rocker is looking forward to settling into married life.

He tells People.com, "Cindy is a match with everything that I am, from fire of passion to vulnerability. Everything tastes better when you share it with your soul mate."

Santana's previous marriage to Deborah, his wife of 34 years, ended in 2007.

Thanks for the report to Hennemusic.com.

Comments

[azisnomarsa]

I guess he will have to bang the drum slowly now

[timmyeb]

He's been tapping that? Like on the reg?

[G-loony]

Well drummer chicks are hot... But guitarchicks are hotter though!

[larrytheguitar]

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

[Lin]

at least it's a girl.

[k90728]

Lin wrote:

at least it's a girl.

Word.....
this is better then the sex pistols news

hot instrument chicks are the best haha.

[PTJohe]

If I didn't know who his drummer was, I would have been pretty shocked by the news title.

[HaistaPaska92]

I read the first line as Carlos Santana is married to a man. For a moment I was like WTF?

[Xeus]

omg santanas gay!

j/k, i'd love my wife to be a drummer, and she will be goddamn it!

[theogonia777]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

hells yeah! good for Carlos though.

[killafret002]

weird

[Astaldo]

HaistaPaska92 wrote:

I read the first line as Carlos Santana is married to a man. For a moment I was like WTF?

+1

[shortylem407]

I read the heading and i was like, "shit, carlos is gay! ****!" but then i realized it was a girl lol. but yeah, i think girls who play bass and drums is really hot!

[Kenneth19]

I thought it was a guy to at first. I wouldn't had cared if he was gay, he's still the shit. lol

[Primus2112]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

truth

HaistaPaska92 wrote:

I read the first line as Carlos Santana is married to a man. For a moment I was like WTF?

They could have just been two cool straight dudes being married :p

[MonsterOfRock]

Drummer chick would be awesome. Now he can have sex in 6/8!

[smack_tallica]

thank god his drummer was a girl

[dweb23]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

Drummer chick would be awesome. Now he can have sex in 6/8!

thiiiisssss!!!!?!!

[jm911]

when i saw the title i immediately thought of his badass drummer in the 60's Woodstock festival LOL

anyway, drummer girls ftw. bass girls even more

[Underjoggle]

Wayne Shorter is boss.

[eloera1]

[hmcguire]

to quote t-rex

"bang a gong, get it on"

you know, cause she's a drummer

[rockstarbear]

Wow, this article brings out both sexism and heterosexism in people at the same time. Cindy's a powerhouse drummer, I saw her on the Are You Gonna Go My Way Tour and she KILLS it.

[SalsaShark561]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

true

[GaryS]

Wow, got to love the casual homophobia going on in the comments section.

[stndrdprcdre]

She's pretty cute, and a pretty good drummer, too! It's surprising how many big names she's played with.

[dopelope]

Santana FTW!

[zordon_core]

stndrdprcdre wrote:

She's pretty cute, and a pretty good drummer, too! It's surprising how many big names she's played with.

insert sexual innuendo here

[b_flo]

Cindy Blackman is a great drummer. Used to play drums for Lenny Kravitz. Check out Are You Gonna Go My Way?

[Pagan_Poetry]

Am I the only one who read the title as Santana being a priest?
Congrats to him though. Good stuff.

[MrGuitarGuy01]

Imagine the music they'll make. The sweet sweet music....

[Pan-Tallica]

@ Pagan_Poetry: That's what I thought too.

Checked.

[Altitudinous]

timmyeb wrote:

He's been tapping that? Like on the reg?

Fuck yeah eastbound and down.

Proud of santana! She's a babe. especial;y for 51.

[MoFly41]

what a smooth dog

[SomebodySomeone]

azisnomarsa wrote:

I guess he will have to bang the drum slowly now

azisnomarsa wrote:

*cue CSI:miami intro*

YEAH!!!!!

lol

I guess he will have to bang the drum slowly now

[GenmathePanda]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

Drummer chick would be awesome. Now he can have sex in 6/8!

I prefer 69/42. haha

[stitches31]

Wow Santana has gotten old...

[dopelope]

quote]b_flo wrote:

Cindy Blackman is a great drummer. Used to play drums for Lenny Kravitz. Check out Are You Gonna Go My Way?[/quote]

I'm glad someone confirmed that for me! She is badass! Good for Carlos!

[Blume]

A lady drummer??? Who let her outta the kitchen?!? J/K....Congrats Carlos!

[hmcguire]

wasn't he going to become a priest or something?

[Jiimmyyy]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

You are definitely, definitely right.

[forsaknazrael]

"to release our purity and love into the cosmos."


gross.

[rockfreak611]

^lmfao

and yeah, I though it said "maried a man" when i first looked at it too haha.

[-Annihilation-]

At first I was like "whoa,he married a man?" then I read the rest. I'll bet he was tappin' that before they got married..

[zeppaddict141]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

good man, very good man

[Bezza27]

wow this is great, a great event for my favourite guitarist and one of my favourite bands may be reforming.

[jimmypagejunior]

Saw his show in July... Such a hippie...

[dark_rider92]

get it, son...

[Reighnart]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

Yes. Proven.

[Wakisazhi]

SomebodySomeone wrote:

azisnomarsa wrote:

I guess he will have to bang the drum slowly now azisnomarsa wrote:

*cue CSI:miami intro*

YEAH!!!!!

lol

I guess he will have to bang the drum slowly now

I guess you can say she bangs the drums?

[juckfush]

Am I the only one who read the title as ''Carlos Santana Marries His Daughter''?

[TheMusicMaster7]

Weird, that meant 3 years ago he was about 60 and his ex was only 34. He was old enough to be her DAD. O_o O_o O_o

[FloyDZeD]

TheMusicMaster7 wrote:

Weird, that meant 3 years ago he was about 60 and his ex was only 34. He was old enough to be her DAD. O_o O_o O_o

The article meant he and his ex were married for 34 years.

[Chronologo]

good for him, laugh a lot over the typical sexual jokes

[Michael Stewart]

She's black! I was expecting white or Hispanic. Not saying anything is wrong with it, just I did not expect it.lol

[Kakatara]

Primus2112 wrote:

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

truth

HaistaPaska92 wrote:

I read the first line as Carlos Santana is married to a man. For a moment I was like WTF?

They could have just been two cool straight dudes being married :p

Always Sunny? haha

[Second Rate]

I saw the headline and immediately thought he had married Dennis Chambers.

[Zomby Woof]

I thought this was talking about Dennis Chambers lol.

[espChris93]

wow at all the people who more easily associated Carlos Santana as being homosexual than think that his drummer could be a woman. Am I the only one that didn't even think about that?

[Alpha_Wolf]

Sooooo many drummer puns.

[b_flo]

Carlos Santana is a great guy...and spacey. At 63, and balding, he still manages to get a rocker drummer babe, who still looks great @ 51. I forgot which legendary jazz drummer taught her how to play the drums.

[Like I Is]

For some reason, I think it's hilarious that her name is Blackman.

[j-falafel]

Like I Is wrote:

For some reason, I think it's hilarious that her name is Blackman.

Same here x] i also thought when i saw the headline "Can we get any more meaningless news on this site?"

[Zeletros]

I just wikied Cindy Blackman, that haircut ... o.o

[Duv]

Lenny K's drummer. She dated Matt Sorum as well.

As said above I'd love to have a musician wife so we could jam (in the clean sense of the word).

[finalhack13]

PTJohe wrote:

If I didn't know who his drummer was, I would have been pretty shocked by the news title.

Amen to that.

[mrRICHARD911]

Astaldo wrote:

HaistaPaska92 wrote:

I read the first line as Carlos Santana is married to a man. For a moment I was like WTF?

+1

+2

[TractorMan]

TheMusicMaster7 wrote:

Weird, that meant 3 years ago he was about 60 and his ex was only 34. He was old enough to be her DAD. O_o O_o O_o

Wrong. Wife of 34 years means that they had been married for 34 years.

[aweisti]

saw the headline and thought why would he marry dennis chambers? why is DC not playing with carlos anymore?

[ironmegtallica]

shes bangin more than drums now

[Nutman69]

Lin wrote:

at least it's a girl.

how so?

[d.c.guitar]

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

Negative, those are usually nerdy and pale!

[shaofu0424]

congrats to you both, mr. and mrs. santana... please bring more beautiful music into this world... and thank you for caravanserai- love that record... lol, i just said record... peace...

[cooljew]

dweb23 wrote:

MonsterOfRock wrote:

Drummer chick would be awesome. Now he can have sex in 6/8! thiiiisssss!!!!?!!

hahahaha
also drummer chicks are definitely the hottest

[gardenofgibson]

espChris93 wrote:

wow at all the people who more easily associated Carlos Santana as being homosexual than think that his drummer could be a woman. Am I the only one that didn't even think about that?

+1 you are not, my friend

[Phiddler]

If Herbie Hancock and Wayne SHorter played at my wedding I'd be the happiest dude ever. . .

[jimmy_neutron]

checked

[Silverpack]

At least, it's not a greedy twenty year old chick dating a famous musician.

[hildesaw]

Alpha_Wolf wrote:

Sooooo many drummer puns.

Sounds like an EZDrummer to me...

[Apejack Cuba]

He fell in love with the drummer...

Cookie for getting the reference!

[JohnnyChimpo241]

Primus2112 wrote:

larrytheguitar wrote:

^ Actually bass, upright bass, and cello chicks are the hottest.

truth

HaistaPaska92 wrote:

I read the first line as Carlos Santana is married to a man. For a moment I was like WTF?

They could have just been two cool straight dudes being married :p

+1 for the always sunny reference.

[wangchowder86]

MonsterOfRock wrote:

Drummer chick would be awesome. Now he can have sex in 6/8!

After reading this comment I felt I could go without reading on. Well done.

[aig91]

Checked

[Vornik]

Lin
at least it's a girl.

... Why?

[MarkWakefield]

thats just frickin weird i think :L

[Hungry_Hameds]

when i first read the headline i wondered if it was a bird, be funny if it was a famous drummer... 'Santana marries his drummer, Neil Peart'

[wicked_hobbit]

I don't know why I consider him marrying a man first and the drummer being a woman later.